Home Assistant Add-on: Dashcast
About
This is a Dashcast add-on for Home Assistant. Dascast is an app that displays dashboard web pages on your Chromecast device.
Credit to ragingcomputer/dashcast-docker-MQTT for the docker/mqtt implementation.
Installation
The installation of this add-on is pretty straightforward and not different in comparison to installing any other Home Assistant add-on.
- Search for the "Dashcast" add-on in the Supervisor add-on store and install it.
- Start the "Dashcast" add-on.
- Check the logs of the "Dashcast" add-on to see it in action.
Configuration
Dashcast add-on configuration:
log_level: info
chromecast_name: "Livingroom Chromecast",
dashboard_url: "https://news.google.com",
mqtt_host: "127.0.0.1",
mqtt_user: "mqtt",
mqtt_pass: "yourmqttpassword"
Option: log_level
The log_level option controls the level of log output by the addon and can
be changed to be more or less verbose, which might be useful when you are
dealing with an unknown issue. Possible values are:
trace: Show every detail, like all called internal functions.debug: Shows detailed debug information.info: Normal (usually) interesting events.warning: Exceptional occurrences that are not errors.error: Runtime errors that do not require immediate action.fatal: Something went terribly wrong. Add-on becomes unusable.
Please note that each level automatically includes log messages from a
more severe level, e.g., debug also shows info messages. By default,
the log_level is set to info, which is the recommended setting unless
you are troubleshooting.
Option: chromecast_name
The name of the Chromecast device to control
Option: dashboard_url
The URL to be shown on the Chromecast after starting this container
Option: mqtt_host
The host or IP address of MQTT server
Option: mqtt_user
The username for the MQTT server
Option: mqtt_pass
The password for the MQTT server
Changelog & Releases
This repository keeps a change log using [GitHub's releases][releases] functionality. The format of the log is based on [Keep a Changelog][keepchangelog].
Releases are based on [Semantic Versioning][semver], and use the format
of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. In a nutshell, the version will be incremented
based on the following:
MAJOR: Incompatible or major changes.MINOR: Backwards-compatible new features and enhancements.PATCH: Backwards-compatible bugfixes and package updates.
Support
Got questions?
You have several options to get them answered:
- The [Home Assistant Community Add-ons Discord chat server][discord] for add-on support and feature requests.
- The [Home Assistant Discord chat server][discord-ha] for general Home Assistant discussions and questions.
- The Home Assistant [Community Forum][forum].
- Join the [Reddit subreddit][reddit] in [/r/homeassistant][reddit]
You could also open an issue here GitHub.
Contributing
This is an active open-source project. We are always open to people who want to use the code or contribute to it.
We have set up a separate document containing our contribution guidelines.
Thank you for being involved! 😍
Authors & contributors
The original setup of this repository is by Bogdan Vlaicu.
License
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Bogdan Vlaicu
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